The 3-step DLR–ESA Gossamer road to solar sailing
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The 3-step Gossamer road map to solar sailing is presented that has been agreed between DLR and ESA in November 2009 as mentioned in this paper, the main and exclusive purpose of that project is to develop, to prove, and to demonstrate the solar sail technology as a safe and reliably manageable propulsion technique for long lasting and deep space missions.About:
This article is published in Advances in Space Research.The article was published on 2011-12-01 and is currently open access. It has received 62 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Solar sail.read more
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Gossamer Roadmap Technology Reference Study for a Multiple NEO Rendezvous Mission
Bernd Dachwald,Malcolm Macdonald +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a reference study for a multiple near-Earth object (NEO) rendezvous mission with solar sailcraft is carried out and a preliminary potential mission profile is presented.
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Bistable Over the Whole Length (BOWL) CFRP Booms for Solar Sails
TL;DR: In this article, a 3.6 m tape spring version of these bistable composite tubular booms has been designed for a 25 m2 Gossamer Sail Deorbiter of future space assets and is being considered for an upcoming solar sail demonstration mission.
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Drag sails for space debris mitigation
TL;DR: In this article, the authors show that using drag augmentation from a deployable drag-sail to de-orbit a satellite in LEO will lead to a reduction in collision risk.
Dissertation
Low-cost gossamer systems for solar sailing and spacecraft deorbiting applications
TL;DR: In this paper, two rollable solar sail booms and their deployment mechanisms have been developed, one based on metallic tape-springs and the other on bistable composite slit tubes.
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Degradation of metallic surfaces under space conditions, with particular emphasis on Hydrogen recombination processes
TL;DR: In this paper, the formation of hydrogen bubbles on metallic foil surfaces has been studied and a thermodynamic model of bubble formation has been developed to predict how the solar wind and electromagnetic radiation degrade metallic structures.
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Solar Sailing: Technology, Dynamics and Mission Applications
TL;DR: In this paper, a detailed account of solar sailing, at a high technical level but in a way accessible to the scientifically informed layman, is provided, along with potential mission applications.
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Solar sail technology development and demonstration
M. Leipold,Michael Eiden,C. E. Garner,Lars Herbeck,D. Kassing,T. Niederstadt,T Krüger,G. Pagel,M. Rezazad,H Rozemeijer,Wolfgang Seboldt,C Schöppinger,Christoph Sickinger,W. Unckenbold +13 more
TL;DR: In this article, a 20 m × 20 m breadboard model was developed, manufactured and tested in December 1999, which demonstrates the feasibility of a fully deployable lightweight solar sail structure in simulated 0g environment under ambient environmental conditions.
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ODISSEE - A Proposal for Demonstration of a Solar Sail in Earth Orbit
M. Leipold,C. E. Garner,R.E. Freeland,A. Hermann,M. Noca,G. Pagel,Wolfgang Seboldt,G. Sprague,W. Unckenbold +8 more
TL;DR: A recent pre-phase-A study conducted cooperatively between DLR and NASA/JPL concluded that a low-cost solar sail technology demonstration mission in Earth orbit is feasible.